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Excerpt from Life and Character of the Hon. John C. Calhoun: With Illustrations, Containing Notices of His Father and Uncles, and Their Brave Conduct During Our Struggle for Independence, in the American Revolutionary War WE believe, with many of Mr. Calhoun's friends, that neither his public or pri vate life is as fully known among the mass of our fellow citizens as it deserves to be. We have in the following pages, in much haste, thrown together many of the most prominent traits and circumstances which have marked the career of himself and ancestors; and we have endeavored to point out those actions in his life which go to prove him one of the most distinguished of men, the ablest statesman, and the most extraordinary man Of the age in which we live - whose reputation will descend to posterity as that of a great and good man, when the prejudices and false impressions, cast around him by over zealous Opposition, shall have passed away for ever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.